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this is about foreign-policy and defense. we believe in strong defense and protecting this great country and the people of this great country is an absolute priority of our government. our country is truly a beacon of liberty in the world. we can only accomplish that through strength. as former president reagan said an accomplished so well for peace through strength. this section is all about that. not only the -- about being a begin of liberty for the world through strength. i was like to call on eric two cochairs for this subsection. our two co-chairs for this subsection. >> it is the desire of the chair that we be as quick as possible. i will be brief. i want to thank our to professional volunteer staff for their work. all the members of the committee it for what was a vigorous and constructive session. the members of the subcommittee would agree. we have presented a report and you are correct in saying the policy of the united states is peace through strength. the purpose of our foreign policy is to protect the security a
this is about foreign-policy and defense. we believe in strong defense and protecting this great country and the people of this great country is an absolute priority of our government. our country is truly a beacon of liberty in the world. we can only accomplish that through strength. as former president reagan said an accomplished so well for peace through strength. this section is all about that. not only the -- about being a begin of liberty for the world through strength. i was like to call...
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this foreign-policy mass, -- mess, he always watns transparency. host: you're in a swing state. are you seeing a lot of commercials? caller: i go back and forth between denver and the suburbs. when they go out and do the polls, they're finding out that they're asking more democrats and coming back with a 10 point lead. from what i've seen, they're trying to go back to the 2008 turn out. host: that was got from colorado springs. up next in oregon on the democratic line. caller: it's nice to talk to you today. thank you for taking my call. the media tries to interject their opinions into the politics of what's going on today. i do not care whether that is republican or democrat. i think the media has this about their ability to be neutral. one of the examples that i would give is to checked politifact. whenever they give up facts about the president and romney -- did he really do that stuff? then instead of coming back, if obama is not 100% on a point, they will find some way or some small percentage to show that he was not exactly a perfectly right therefore he is discredited, to
this foreign-policy mass, -- mess, he always watns transparency. host: you're in a swing state. are you seeing a lot of commercials? caller: i go back and forth between denver and the suburbs. when they go out and do the polls, they're finding out that they're asking more democrats and coming back with a 10 point lead. from what i've seen, they're trying to go back to the 2008 turn out. host: that was got from colorado springs. up next in oregon on the democratic line. caller: it's nice to talk...
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he also has served as foreign policy adviser to senator john mccain. all of you see him regularly on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. i met him in 1981 when he was a very young assistant professor at the university of pennsylvania. the question that i would like to pose for each of you, and i will start with governor what does this through feel about the leadership styles of mitt romney and president obama? >> probably not much. >> ok, will this panel is over. [laughter] >> you could extrapolate a few things from president obama's first term that may be instructive. he is not the manager. he does out of a history of managing things. you bring in a lot of good, well trained people and give them tasks and try to lead a government. in the case of mitt romney, who has been a governor, a business guy. he has run the olympics. i think his attitude would be efficiency. i will come in and look at running governments, like a business, which is not always the right answer because government is not a business. you should always look for efficiencies, but
he also has served as foreign policy adviser to senator john mccain. all of you see him regularly on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. i met him in 1981 when he was a very young assistant professor at the university of pennsylvania. the question that i would like to pose for each of you, and i will start with governor what does this through feel about the leadership styles of mitt romney and president obama? >> probably not much. >> ok, will this panel is over. [laughter]...
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george bush has run the most arrogant, and that, reckless, and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of our country. we need to turn that around. now, george bush and karl rove say they intend to make national security the central issue of this campaign. i know something about aircraft carriers for real. if george bush wants to make national security the central issue of this campaign, we have three words for him. we know he understands -- to "bring it on." [applause] [chanting "bring it on, bring it on"] as i stand here now, i think of robert frost's words -- the woods of new hampshire are lovely, dark and deep. they certainly are lovely tonight. [laughter] while we still have miles to go and, we do, and we will be leaving tonight to begin the journey of those miles to take this fight to the rest of the country. but as we do that, i want to thank those of you who shared this journey here in the gray granite state. first of all, my amazing, graceful and unbelievable partner in this effort colloid teresa -- in this effort, theresa. [applause] my daughters and my stepsons, four
george bush has run the most arrogant, and that, reckless, and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of our country. we need to turn that around. now, george bush and karl rove say they intend to make national security the central issue of this campaign. i know something about aircraft carriers for real. if george bush wants to make national security the central issue of this campaign, we have three words for him. we know he understands -- to "bring it on." [applause]...
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your statement is not accurate. >> let me go back to the policy questions, foreign policy question about the situation recently with the north africa. american taxpayers pay billions of dollars -- it was a big issue when we saw the scenes will see in a moment in egypt and the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. a radical islamist group attacked the u.s. embassy and tore down the american flag. in the same day, in libya, an assault on the consulate resulted in the death of the american ambassador christopher stevens and three others. these images echo the worst -- the recall those moments in 1979 with the taking of american hostages at the embassy in iran. u.s. taxpayers gave an enormous $1.6 billion to egypt, which is now run by a former member of the muslim brotherhood. should the u.s. give up foreign aid to these nations, mr. sadler? >> no. not now, we have a fledgling government being formed a. with egypt withholding funds, the editorial board agreed is time for us to stop the old on that aid. -- to stop the hold on that day. it is in our best interests to stay involved. if we
your statement is not accurate. >> let me go back to the policy questions, foreign policy question about the situation recently with the north africa. american taxpayers pay billions of dollars -- it was a big issue when we saw the scenes will see in a moment in egypt and the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. a radical islamist group attacked the u.s. embassy and tore down the american flag. in the same day, in libya, an assault on the consulate resulted in the death of the...
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what does that say about the conduct of foreign policy? does it suggest that the choices we have made far less consequential, perhaps, than they seemed at the time, and the choices that we yet to have to make, are they less consequential than they appear right now? >> i would agree that there are traditions, and legacies, if you will, that transcend any president, any administration. it is really hard to change a foreign policy tradition when the tradition is a strong and successful as ours has been. there is something to what you say. it has accommodated all kinds of personnel and obviously parties with different agendas. i would be interested to hear whether there are underlying structures that are changing perceptions that is affecting -- that is changing the ability to play the role that we constantly play. whether we can become a social democracy that is spending 20% to 20% of gdp on what we call entitlement programs or mandatory spending, and debt service -- whether that has any effect on defense budgets, and whether that has any shi
what does that say about the conduct of foreign policy? does it suggest that the choices we have made far less consequential, perhaps, than they seemed at the time, and the choices that we yet to have to make, are they less consequential than they appear right now? >> i would agree that there are traditions, and legacies, if you will, that transcend any president, any administration. it is really hard to change a foreign policy tradition when the tradition is a strong and successful as...
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carter did not have a lot of foreign policy experience, and mondale being briefed enough on foreign policy issues. you saw the same with ronald reagan, another governor and an actor, who picked george bush i, who had great foreign policy credentials. we saw this with bill clinton and al gore, to the more recent pick of george w. bush and dick cheney. all those vice presidents were active players in the white house. you have seen that role with joe biden, who has played a very important role in afghanistan and back in the war in iraq, and it was biden who brought the national security and foreign policy credentials to the obama white house. he had served on the senate and dealt with these issues for years and years. for those reasons, i think the vice presidential debate matters. plus, this year, it is so tight. this race could come down to, as we all know, a handful or one or two swing states and perhaps even a few counties in those swing states. every vote matters, and after obama's rather poor performance and ronnie's strong performance, i think the audience will be tuned in to this deba
carter did not have a lot of foreign policy experience, and mondale being briefed enough on foreign policy issues. you saw the same with ronald reagan, another governor and an actor, who picked george bush i, who had great foreign policy credentials. we saw this with bill clinton and al gore, to the more recent pick of george w. bush and dick cheney. all those vice presidents were active players in the white house. you have seen that role with joe biden, who has played a very important role in...
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the last debate will have a theme of foreign policy. the carnegie endowment for international peace recently hosted a panel on the president's role in leading foreign policy talking about american influence, the changing international order, and more. among the panelists is a thomas friedman. this is about an hour and half. >> good evening. my name is david rothkopf and i will be the moderator for this carnegie endowment discussion about how the next american president should engage the world. this is a debate format it discussion. we have a terrific group here. on my right, we have john ikenberry from princeton. next to him as thomas friedman from "the new york times." then just a matter is from the carnegie endowment. then robert keeton from the brookings institute. -- jessica matthews and then robert kagan. i will open up with a quotation from one or two of the panelists and we will then have some interaction on the theme of the ". lanham alaskan questions about related issues. at the end of each one of these 20 or 25 minute sections
the last debate will have a theme of foreign policy. the carnegie endowment for international peace recently hosted a panel on the president's role in leading foreign policy talking about american influence, the changing international order, and more. among the panelists is a thomas friedman. this is about an hour and half. >> good evening. my name is david rothkopf and i will be the moderator for this carnegie endowment discussion about how the next american president should engage the...
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it is not a place for on-the-job training when it comes to foreign policy. i have a lot of good relationships with my friends on the other side of the aisle. i really appreciate governor h untsman's civility and the thoughtfulness of his answers. there's no soundbite. you have to try to figure out a way to get -- you decide for the rest. my democratic friends, they have said to me, the candidate on your side of the aisle that we think is the most electable, president obama is a formidable candidate because he is an incumbent president. fundraiser.idable we need somebody that is electable. the most electable candidate of them all, uns if youea want tot -- if you want to unseat the president of the united states, is governor huntsman. he was running in the face of the hope and change presidential nominee on the other side. i have adopted that. thate you're part of change. one of the reasons that the governor decided to focus on new hampshire, it is the first primary. i say this with enormous respect, i know most of the candidates of the republican side of the
it is not a place for on-the-job training when it comes to foreign policy. i have a lot of good relationships with my friends on the other side of the aisle. i really appreciate governor h untsman's civility and the thoughtfulness of his answers. there's no soundbite. you have to try to figure out a way to get -- you decide for the rest. my democratic friends, they have said to me, the candidate on your side of the aisle that we think is the most electable, president obama is a formidable...
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and it is not a job for ojt, on- the-job training with foreign policy. i have relationships with friends on the other side of the aisle. i really appreciate governor huntsman's civility. i appreciate the thoughtfulness of his answers. somebody asked a great question about a education. there is no sound bite. he's not going to turn himself into a pretzel to figure out a way to get everybody to agree. i know a lot of my democratic friends -- they have all said to me, "the candidate on your side of the aisle that we think is the most electable, the one that will probably keep us out at night -- up at night --" and let's face it, president obama is a formidable candidate, a formidable fund-raiser, has a formidable electoral machine. we know that. we need somebody who's electable. the most electable candidate of them all, if you combine all of those experiences and you are interested in unseating the president of the united states, is governor huntsman. i talked with many of you with my friend john mccain. he was running and in the face of the "hope and chang
and it is not a job for ojt, on- the-job training with foreign policy. i have relationships with friends on the other side of the aisle. i really appreciate governor huntsman's civility. i appreciate the thoughtfulness of his answers. somebody asked a great question about a education. there is no sound bite. he's not going to turn himself into a pretzel to figure out a way to get everybody to agree. i know a lot of my democratic friends -- they have all said to me, "the candidate on your...
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he has a long list of foreign policy -- his failure in iran. his failure to stand up for the people and to speak up for freedom and democracy. his failure to put in place credible military options. those things represent extraordinary risk to the future of our world and our nation. and the economy. he said he was going to borrow $787 million from your generation to pay back. he was going to do that to hold unemployment below 8%. and so you have today -- they are having trouble with the microphone. i can hear myself, so we are fine. [laughter] people stop looking for work or are underemployed. this is not a statistic. these are real people having tough times making ends meet. some people lose their faith. this is a national tragedy. then of course, there is the failure in dealing with government itself. the federal government spends too much money -- your money. again, the next generation's money. spending more than $1 trillion. you guys have to pay that back. i think it is immoral for us to spend more money every year than we take in and it has
he has a long list of foreign policy -- his failure in iran. his failure to stand up for the people and to speak up for freedom and democracy. his failure to put in place credible military options. those things represent extraordinary risk to the future of our world and our nation. and the economy. he said he was going to borrow $787 million from your generation to pay back. he was going to do that to hold unemployment below 8%. and so you have today -- they are having trouble with the...
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foreign policy based on getting rid of the bad guys, said there is really no foreign-policy, no energy policy, no innovation policy, no debt reduction policy. a lot of hopes but no change. i think jon huntsman will change things, and that is why i support him. host: one person told the huffington post that it took a whack at the ties of mitt romney to the financial-services industry. here is what huntsman said: now, the story goes on to say that he is not necessarily ideal messenger for economic populism. with a low-key demeanor along with the fact that he is benefiting from supertax bennett, and a former ceo is a prominent supporter. these issues, governor? guest: make no mistake about it. there are a couple of very important differences. i think it is very unlikely the supreme court will change its view with regard to contributions to the campaign or the super pacs, but we believe there ought to be transparency. as long as someone has a campaign or zero or $500,000, it ought to be on the internet the next day so everybody can judge who is supporting her room and you cannot hide behin
foreign policy based on getting rid of the bad guys, said there is really no foreign-policy, no energy policy, no innovation policy, no debt reduction policy. a lot of hopes but no change. i think jon huntsman will change things, and that is why i support him. host: one person told the huffington post that it took a whack at the ties of mitt romney to the financial-services industry. here is what huntsman said: now, the story goes on to say that he is not necessarily ideal messenger for...
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ron paul has the most sane foreign-policy, yet a sane foreign policy is like an insane idea these days. how did we get to this? host: let's hear from james pindell. guest: the biggest achilles' heel from ron paul -- they do not think he can beat barack obama. they're willing to compromise on not finding the perfect candidate. the perfect candidate has not emerged for many of these republican voters. they do want to beat barack obama. there is no question about that. he is viewed fairly or unfairly as a candidate who cannot build a coalition to get to 51% or 270 electoral votes. you may disagree with that, but i think that is the biggest perception problem he has. when i talk to ron paul's strategists in new hampshire, they knew this was his biggest problem. they've been trying to make him more of a mainstream candidate. they've worked very hard at that in new hampshire. they knew that was his biggest problem. host: james pindell is the political director at wmur tv in manchester, new hampshire. thank you so much. guest: i think you will be simulcasting our coverage tomorrow. >> one way
ron paul has the most sane foreign-policy, yet a sane foreign policy is like an insane idea these days. how did we get to this? host: let's hear from james pindell. guest: the biggest achilles' heel from ron paul -- they do not think he can beat barack obama. they're willing to compromise on not finding the perfect candidate. the perfect candidate has not emerged for many of these republican voters. they do want to beat barack obama. there is no question about that. he is viewed fairly or...
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tomorrow night is focusing on domestic policy. the 22nd will be a foreign policy debate. all of the debates will be like here on c-span. our coverage more night starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> our camera is taking to inside the center at the university of denver, at the site of the first presidential debate tomorrow night. we mentioned that the pennsylvania judge has blocked the implementation of that state voter identification law. talking points memo is a tweet tinged that of -- tweeting that [inaudible] what you're seeing here is also the media area inside. this is not where the debate will be held. this is just a milly dowler area of all the reporters and journalists -- this is just the media area of all the reporters and journalists. this is the area that is known as the spent area. after the debates, you will see the advocates from each side come out and speak to television. the president and mitt romney are spending the day preparing for tomorrow night's debate. the vice presidential candidates are on the campaign trail. paul ryan is in ohio with three stops toda
tomorrow night is focusing on domestic policy. the 22nd will be a foreign policy debate. all of the debates will be like here on c-span. our coverage more night starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> our camera is taking to inside the center at the university of denver, at the site of the first presidential debate tomorrow night. we mentioned that the pennsylvania judge has blocked the implementation of that state voter identification law. talking points memo is a tweet tinged that of --...
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the bush-mccain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of americans, democrats and republicans, have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. [cheers] as commander-in-chief, i will never hesitate to defend this nation, but i will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home. [applause] i will end this war in iraq responsibly and finish the fight against al qaida and the taliban in afghanistan. i will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts, but i will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb russian aggression. i will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation, poverty and genocide, climate change and disease. and i will restore our moral standing so that america is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a bett
the bush-mccain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of americans, democrats and republicans, have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. [cheers] as commander-in-chief, i will never hesitate to defend this nation, but i will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home. [applause] i will end this war in iraq responsibly and...
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he has great foreign-policy and a great economic plan. guest: i believe that the independencts are going to show up and make up their mind at the last moment, and it will be to his benefit. host: thank you very much. our phone lines are open. we will get calls in a couple of minutes. we are at the final event of jon huntsman. a couple more events with the other candidates, all of which will be airing tonight, here on c-span. we have live continuing coverage here in new hampshire. we are joined on the democrats' line from kentucky. good evening. caller: i am very concerned about what is happening in new hampshire and everything. i feel like the best candidate for the republicans would be rick perry, because he is the one that can really beat obama. huntsman -- i did like what he said about term limits. but rick perry has been preaching that for some time, these term limits. host: thank you for the call. pensacola, florida, republican line. as this process moves to florida at the end of the month, what are your thoughts? caller: i am 62 yea
he has great foreign-policy and a great economic plan. guest: i believe that the independencts are going to show up and make up their mind at the last moment, and it will be to his benefit. host: thank you very much. our phone lines are open. we will get calls in a couple of minutes. we are at the final event of jon huntsman. a couple more events with the other candidates, all of which will be airing tonight, here on c-span. we have live continuing coverage here in new hampshire. we are joined...
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you need to change or foreign policy." [crowd boos] and, of course, if i did not have the same policy, i do not believe we would be here tonight. [cheers and applause] and this is something they obviously do not understand. those understand fear it, with the military industrial complex, so it is complex, but they strongly resent this, but it was mentioned already today, i have mentioned it before, and i think it is the best test. my support, coming from more so than anybody else from the military. [cheers and applause] the subject of monetary policy comes up, of course, in washington, but often on over quite a few years, and the question has already been, what are we going to do with the penny? they want to change it to steel. we are off the gold standard, the silver standard, the zinc standards, but by the time you get done making the penny, it costs more to make the penny than the worth of the pennant. can we save a penny? and i got to thinking, well, they did not understand monetary policy, or they would not be talking
you need to change or foreign policy." [crowd boos] and, of course, if i did not have the same policy, i do not believe we would be here tonight. [cheers and applause] and this is something they obviously do not understand. those understand fear it, with the military industrial complex, so it is complex, but they strongly resent this, but it was mentioned already today, i have mentioned it before, and i think it is the best test. my support, coming from more so than anybody else from the...
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but they don't want to talk about foreign policy paid other times to talk about foreign policy but don't talk about economics. but you have to talk about both together, because war is connected to the economic system. war drains wealth. there is no way in-that you can get out of a depression or highsion -- ino way in heaven that you can get out of a depression or recession during the war. doing almost anything overseas is a drain on the economy. we are not producing like we used to. that is why the economy is being drained. that is why we have to address foreign policy. it is really simple, it is not complex. it simply says that we should never send anybody to washington -- and youpromise believe that they will obey the constitution. [applause] since world war ii, we have had numerous wars, and these last 10 years have been very bad for us because we were fighting countries, we have been involved in nation-building and occupation. countries that were far from perfect, but they never attacked us. what has it done? it has added $4 million worth of debt by being engaged overseas. we are not
but they don't want to talk about foreign policy paid other times to talk about foreign policy but don't talk about economics. but you have to talk about both together, because war is connected to the economic system. war drains wealth. there is no way in-that you can get out of a depression or highsion -- ino way in heaven that you can get out of a depression or recession during the war. doing almost anything overseas is a drain on the economy. we are not producing like we used to. that is why...
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>> lack of foreign policy. >> gridlock in congress. >> ok. charles? >> i agree about the lack of foreign policy. >> ok, ben. >> i don't have anything i can put my finger on right now. >> no reservations? >> there are reservation bus no great concern. >> pamela? biggest concern about obecause -- about romney? >> foreign policy is what worries me. >> mary? >> rich get richer, poor get poorer. >> ann? >> that with all this cutting and things, there doesn't seem to be nebraska on that ticket that's got empathy for the rest of the country. >> ok. great. ok. we've covered the first seven minutes of my outline. it's the next point we really have to move on. let me move on. this was very enlightening and very helpful, great job, thank you, everyone. whole bunch of people either national figures or state figures. i'm going to ask you to go very quickly, lightning round. i want a word or phrase to describe your feelings about somebody. so if i were to say, barbara bush, don't say former first lady. i want your feelings about these people. just a word or freas.
>> lack of foreign policy. >> gridlock in congress. >> ok. charles? >> i agree about the lack of foreign policy. >> ok, ben. >> i don't have anything i can put my finger on right now. >> no reservations? >> there are reservation bus no great concern. >> pamela? biggest concern about obecause -- about romney? >> foreign policy is what worries me. >> mary? >> rich get richer, poor get poorer. >> ann? >> that with...
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his foreign policy is very mixed when you see things -- captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we will hear remarks from general james a.m. oost on the new strategic defense put forward by president obama. >> he is dealing with situations in afghanistan and marines that he had to dispatch quickly, the terrorist teams in the middle east. we know we are facing a huge storm here at home with continuing resolution, which is a straitjacket and followed by strait jacket number two, the sequester, which will have -- there is nothing you can say that is to say how bad this is going to be. as former secretary gates outlined yesterday in a talk he made on that subject. so we are in stormy times. and it's good we have a leader as part of the atlantic council's commander series to bring together these high-level leaders to discuss these issues of the day. we have heard from a great air force leader who just left as chief of staff. we have had commander of nato. general martin dempsey, great leaders and looking forward to ano
his foreign policy is very mixed when you see things -- captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we will hear remarks from general james a.m. oost on the new strategic defense put forward by president obama. >> he is dealing with situations in afghanistan and marines that he had to dispatch quickly, the terrorist teams in the middle east. we know we are facing a huge storm here at home with continuing...
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national security policy but u.s. foreign policy. about two minutes ago, before we walk out here, he said what are you going to say in the introduction and i gave him a 22nd version of this and he said forget all that stuff. just say to use to fly airplanes and he wishes he still did. [laughter] with that please join me in welcoming admiral william fallon. [applause] thanks for the kind introduction short and sweet and following my mother's good advice to be seen, be seen and be gone. i hate to op making excus but as you can probably hear, i just spent an hour and a half a bunch of undergruates here and i was screaming at them to make up for an hour and a half. that is actually not true. i think this comes from chasi my grand kids around montana last week. come back here. come back here. anyway i'm delighted to be here with you today. at the dartmouth this is my last visit to the campus and i like what i see. i particularly like the factor that's about 40 degrees cooler and very grateful. timing is everything. let me get into it. jus
national security policy but u.s. foreign policy. about two minutes ago, before we walk out here, he said what are you going to say in the introduction and i gave him a 22nd version of this and he said forget all that stuff. just say to use to fly airplanes and he wishes he still did. [laughter] with that please join me in welcoming admiral william fallon. [applause] thanks for the kind introduction short and sweet and following my mother's good advice to be seen, be seen and be gone. i hate to...
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it will be interesting to see what mitt romney will say about foreign policy when we meet next, because he said it was tragic to end the war in iraq. he will not tell us how he will end the war in afghanistan. and i will use the money we are no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work, rebuilding our roads and bridges and schools and runways and broadband lines, because after a decade of war, it is time to do some nation-building at home and do and put some folks to work at home. this is the choice we now face. this is what the election comes down to. over and over we had been told by our opponents that since government cannot do everything, it should do almost nothing, if you cannot afford health insurance, we hope you do not get sick, and that if a company is releasing toxic pollution into the air, that is the price of progress. you cannot go to college -- just borrow money from your parents. as i described last night, that is not who we are, not what this country is about. in america we believe we are in this together. we understand america is not
it will be interesting to see what mitt romney will say about foreign policy when we meet next, because he said it was tragic to end the war in iraq. he will not tell us how he will end the war in afghanistan. and i will use the money we are no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work, rebuilding our roads and bridges and schools and runways and broadband lines, because after a decade of war, it is time to do some nation-building at home and do and put some...
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. >> some say that obama pose foreign-policy is diminishing. >> absolutely not. we will have that discussion. >> [indiscernible] >> it's going to be a close race. we have said that from the first day. we will go on campaigning with the next to debates. you saw mitt romney continuing to try to defend it himself on issues that have been problematic for him in the battleground states. >> who do you think won the debate? >> the president, clearly. talking on taxes, jobs, medicare, we are on the right side of those issues and mr. romney continues to be on the defense. romney was testy. >> they did not mention the 47%. >> that was not a deliberate decision from the romney campaign -- from the obama campaign not to mention that. what is important is you are sitting on your couch in denver or des moines or charlotte and listening to the clear difference between the two candidates and that's what you got tonight and that's what will be good for the president. >> [indiscernible] >> i think we have continued to lay out a clear vision on how to move this country fort. >> wha
. >> some say that obama pose foreign-policy is diminishing. >> absolutely not. we will have that discussion. >> [indiscernible] >> it's going to be a close race. we have said that from the first day. we will go on campaigning with the next to debates. you saw mitt romney continuing to try to defend it himself on issues that have been problematic for him in the battleground states. >> who do you think won the debate? >> the president, clearly. talking on...
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some ways,alize, in the migration history of this country has a lot to do with economic and foreign policies of this country that it has always had. as i have spent the past year -- i have them maybe 60 events in the past 10 months. i have been to alabama, because i am crazy. the toughest immigration law in the country. back to your original point. people ask me, a white conservative people that i talk to, they asked me, where did my country go? i am standing there -- my name is jose antonio vargas which does not get any more spanish. i look asian, which confuses them. i am gay. in college, i majored in african-american politics. if i marry a jew or american, let's call it a day. [laughter] isfar as i'm concerned, this america. the country is only going to get gayer, blacker, more asian. so what is going to happen when you have policies and political theater and political decisions that attack the very nature of that identity? this is what the republican party is playing with. i cannot vote because i do not have papers, but it is fascinating for me, having covered in the presidential electio
some ways,alize, in the migration history of this country has a lot to do with economic and foreign policies of this country that it has always had. as i have spent the past year -- i have them maybe 60 events in the past 10 months. i have been to alabama, because i am crazy. the toughest immigration law in the country. back to your original point. people ask me, a white conservative people that i talk to, they asked me, where did my country go? i am standing there -- my name is jose antonio...
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we also need him to reopen the foreign policy. these are critical times for us to direct relationships, to correct decisions in foreign policy. he has a fabulous background in that as well. this is a time we need an experienced leader where he will press congress to do the things that need to be done. he knows how to work with congress, casinos the relationship between congress and the president, and work will get done. the job will be done will get completed under a . deal would a host: tells about his organization efforts in iowa. -- the job will get completed under gingrich. host: tell us about his organization efforts in iowa. guest: erick candidates will try to have a speaker at as many precincts as they can. i did not spend a lot of time at the headquarters yesterday, because it has been amazing. we have tripled and then tripled again the number of people that will be speaking at precincts. we aren't merely there to having the precincts covered. we think it's going to be an exciting night. host: let's get some phone calls. m
we also need him to reopen the foreign policy. these are critical times for us to direct relationships, to correct decisions in foreign policy. he has a fabulous background in that as well. this is a time we need an experienced leader where he will press congress to do the things that need to be done. he knows how to work with congress, casinos the relationship between congress and the president, and work will get done. the job will be done will get completed under a . deal would a host: tells...
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we need a foreign policy that reflects this, right. that's where we need to be in the future as we measure the distance forward. we need to understand that the family and the household is the mike cosm of what is to come. so those are just examples i think we all have our own examples and i hope during the discussion time that i'm looking forward to because in this room it will be an organizing meeting, we can understand where it is we wish to go. and also reveal more clearly where it is we are now. for instance, domestic violence or original violence has i did minu shd somewhat but it is true right now if you added up all the women murdered by their husbands or boyfriends since 9/11 and took all the people killed in 9/11, all the americans killed in iraq and afghanistan there are more women murdered by their husbands and boyfriends than cleckively killed in all those situations. it's also still true that the average prison sentence for a partner, a male partner who kills his female partner is he has than a woman who kills in self-defe
we need a foreign policy that reflects this, right. that's where we need to be in the future as we measure the distance forward. we need to understand that the family and the household is the mike cosm of what is to come. so those are just examples i think we all have our own examples and i hope during the discussion time that i'm looking forward to because in this room it will be an organizing meeting, we can understand where it is we wish to go. and also reveal more clearly where it is we are...
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the last one in book raton -- boca raton focusing on a foreign policy. all that live on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> we need to tackle our nation's challenges before they tackle us. we need to strengthen medicare and social security. we're putting ideas on the table to do that. we will save these benefits for seniors and my generation so that these promises are kept. >> they have laid out clearly, they say, what barack obama and joe biden did is they endangered medicare. they stole money from medicare for amacare, and you see the ads in here and everything they say. nothing could be further from the truth. >> october 11, congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden will face off in their only debate. abc news' martha raddatz moderates, and you can watch our live debate preview starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the debate at 9:00. follow our live coverage on c- span, c-span radio, an online at c-span.org. >> up next, a look at the immediate impact last night's debate had on of voters. charlie cook talked this morning with a repu
the last one in book raton -- boca raton focusing on a foreign policy. all that live on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> we need to tackle our nation's challenges before they tackle us. we need to strengthen medicare and social security. we're putting ideas on the table to do that. we will save these benefits for seniors and my generation so that these promises are kept. >> they have laid out clearly, they say, what barack obama and joe biden did is they endangered medicare....
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, in particular sey clintonhen es to foreign policy. no one inow, least of all me, is contendg president obama or secretary clinton need huma abedin to develop islamic sympathies. i would be surprised if ey do not de with this as a friend rather than an enemy, bhe is not the official who wa respsible f that decision. so of the people highlighted in the letters but the five house members have very influential positns, and that is cause for concern because they have a lot to say aboutcy . no one is claiming tt anyone otr than the presidents a ultimately responsible for administraonolicy. is also truents ca officials fit to consult and seekssistancrotty ch whever theyant. the adage that ections have consequenis o of here. cabinet minaons have coequences, too. if y do n want people with disturng connectionsn anti-american organizations like the influences on government officials, tn the point is to oid electing and confirming politicians who are going to put such people in those positions. ill,ll of that said, it is congress'esponsibility t
, in particular sey clintonhen es to foreign policy. no one inow, least of all me, is contendg president obama or secretary clinton need huma abedin to develop islamic sympathies. i would be surprised if ey do not de with this as a friend rather than an enemy, bhe is not the official who wa respsible f that decision. so of the people highlighted in the letters but the five house members have very influential positns, and that is cause for concern because they have a lot to say aboutcy . no one...
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my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. [cheers] from all that we have seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. after all, you do not call russia our number one enemy unless you are still stuck in a cold war mindset. [cheers] you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you cannot visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. [cheers and applause] my opponent said it was tragic to end the war in iraq. he will not tell us how he will end the war in afghanistan. well, i have, and i will. [cheers] while my opponent will spend more money on military hardware and that our joint chiefs do not even want, i will use the money we are no longer spending on were to pay down debt and put more people back to work, rebuilding roads, bridges, and schools. after two wars, it is time to do some nation building right here at home. [cheers and applause] you can choose a future where we reduce our deficit, without sticking it to the middle class. independent
my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. [cheers] from all that we have seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. after all, you do not call russia our number one enemy unless you are still stuck in a cold war mindset. [cheers] you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you cannot visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. [cheers and applause] my opponent said it was tragic to end the...
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i'd love to debate ron paul on foreign policy. host: obama tied with romney and paul in november showdowns. what do you make of that? guest: i think -- when a president runs for re-election, most of the vote is about him. do you approve of him or disapprove of him? the candidates don't tend to match up that differently when running against president obama. i do think in the real race, however, when voters get to know the opponent better and when they really have to make a fundamental decision it makes a difference at the margin. ronald reagan was even with jimmy carter going in the last couple weeks of the race. a huge number of questions have been raised, primarily vote and by the media and he was able to reassure the public that he was the right person with the job and ended up beating carter even handedly. you can't assume obama could be weak. the economy will be weak. any republican could win. i think electibility matters. i think -- electibility can change over the course of the next eight, nine, 10 months. you can't take a s
i'd love to debate ron paul on foreign policy. host: obama tied with romney and paul in november showdowns. what do you make of that? guest: i think -- when a president runs for re-election, most of the vote is about him. do you approve of him or disapprove of him? the candidates don't tend to match up that differently when running against president obama. i do think in the real race, however, when voters get to know the opponent better and when they really have to make a fundamental decision...
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into our foreign policy. i look at wall street, no trust. we have banks that are too big to fail. i say we can fix our taxes, move toward greater energy independence, launch a manufacturing renaissance and if we're left with baxter to big to fail, we are setting ourselves up for another bailout, a disaster. we have been there and done that and we are not going to do it again. [applause] we need a president who can say banks, if you are too big to fail, you are too big. capitalism without failure is not capitalism. we don't want banks looking like public utilities which is what we are getting. we've got six big banks. i imagine this -- combined, they have assets that are worth 2/3 of our nation's gdp, six of them. $9.50 trillion if they get infected by the that is going around europe, and economically they get sick and they start to go down, they cannot go down because it will take all of us with them. we have to bail them out. i say that is not right and not fair for the taxpayers in this countr to have this
into our foreign policy. i look at wall street, no trust. we have banks that are too big to fail. i say we can fix our taxes, move toward greater energy independence, launch a manufacturing renaissance and if we're left with baxter to big to fail, we are setting ourselves up for another bailout, a disaster. we have been there and done that and we are not going to do it again. [applause] we need a president who can say banks, if you are too big to fail, you are too big. capitalism without...
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it has become a national security issue and a foreign- policy issue. what specific steps do you propose the united states take to get out of debt or at least make our interest payments easier to live with? >> we have to get our debt under control. and end wasteful spending. this is the way we do it. the first thing we do is stop giving tax breaks to corporations that are shipping out of jobs overseas. my opponent voted five times for that. we have to stop giving big oil tax subsidies. the big guys do not need it. the people in the state of nevada need help, not wall street corporations. after we do that, we can make nevada and this country the clean energy jobs capital of the world's we can generate good paying jobs. let's get people back to work so they are paying taxes. another thing we can do when it comes to our debt is pass a balanced budget amendment. let me tell you what that does. i want to pass a balanced budget amendment, but i will not pass one, i will not vote for a balanced budget like the ryan budget that my opponent voted for twice, whic
it has become a national security issue and a foreign- policy issue. what specific steps do you propose the united states take to get out of debt or at least make our interest payments easier to live with? >> we have to get our debt under control. and end wasteful spending. this is the way we do it. the first thing we do is stop giving tax breaks to corporations that are shipping out of jobs overseas. my opponent voted five times for that. we have to stop giving big oil tax subsidies. the...
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i think people and home are seeing the absurdity of our military and foreign policy. host: let's go to georgia, and joining us on the republican line, kenny. caller: hello. this is a question to mr. donahue. i wonder what you think about the reason we don't get out of iraq and afghanistan so fast is because the higher ups when considering the expense involved and getting all that equipment, tanks and armored carriers, and places where we have to house all of our soldiers and everything over there. if we pull out and something happens in iraq or afghanistan or iran, then we have to move all of it back in again. it is the other expense on top of that. guest: i say there are too many armchair warriors in congress war andot wait to go towar would not think of sending your own kids to fight. we are bogged down in iraq and the afghanistan in order to save -- in order for the military and i think many civilian leaders to save face. this film, thomas young is the subject of my film, kansas city, shout to thomas -- these are the people that find it very easy to start a war and
i think people and home are seeing the absurdity of our military and foreign policy. host: let's go to georgia, and joining us on the republican line, kenny. caller: hello. this is a question to mr. donahue. i wonder what you think about the reason we don't get out of iraq and afghanistan so fast is because the higher ups when considering the expense involved and getting all that equipment, tanks and armored carriers, and places where we have to house all of our soldiers and everything over...
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the atlantic council foreign policy magazine survey on the future of nato. they built a survey, which we sent to some of the most senior figures in the transatlantic community. this is in light of some of the challenges i just mentioned. i think the survey can give us a sense of the political obstacles facing the alliance, which this report argues must be overcome. if you did not grab a copy of this survey coming in, please do so on the way out. now, before i hand the floor to nic, i want to invite you to come back next week in may, where you can fill out a report card on how the alliance did in addressing its key issues from chicago at our post summit conference. so now, it is a pleasure to turn the floor over to one of america's finest and most distinguished diplomats to talk about the report and its findings. ambassador burns, as i said earlier, it is a council board director. he is a professor of the practice of diplomacy and international politics at the kennedy school at harvard. he is also the director of the aspen strategy group, which has the chairm
the atlantic council foreign policy magazine survey on the future of nato. they built a survey, which we sent to some of the most senior figures in the transatlantic community. this is in light of some of the challenges i just mentioned. i think the survey can give us a sense of the political obstacles facing the alliance, which this report argues must be overcome. if you did not grab a copy of this survey coming in, please do so on the way out. now, before i hand the floor to nic, i want to...
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policy. in gate governor stein served as president of the american finance association, he is a chicago native and received his undergraduate degree from princeton university and ph.d. in economics from m.i.t. i'd also like to note in a shameless applaud for brookings that governor stein has been a participant of the brookings papers on economic activity, serving as a discussant for former fed chairman's alan greenspan's 2010 chaper entitled "the crisis" i am wondering your comments on chairman greenspan's paper would be different now that you have four months under your belt at the fed. upon his nomination, the harvard princeton interviewed fellow economics professor who said, jeremy stein is a brilliant economist who understands monetary issues extremely well. he'll be a great addition to the board. the article goes on to say that he would strong bipartisan candidate maintaining a core democratic set of ideals but retaining the trust of republican figures. today marks governor stein's first
policy. in gate governor stein served as president of the american finance association, he is a chicago native and received his undergraduate degree from princeton university and ph.d. in economics from m.i.t. i'd also like to note in a shameless applaud for brookings that governor stein has been a participant of the brookings papers on economic activity, serving as a discussant for former fed chairman's alan greenspan's 2010 chaper entitled "the crisis" i am wondering your comments...
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the issue for the professional foreign service and state department and foreign policy is essentially based on the professionalism that they have. those standards. and that basic standard is telling it as it is. and what's fortunate is that we have, thanks to the congress, thank you, we have a human rights report. we have a lot of reports these days, but we have the mother of the reports is the human rights reports. so in every embassy and every consulate in the world, there is an officer who is -- has the file and he's cutting conversation notes and he's cutting clips from the newspaper and he's putting them in that file because he or she will spend two or three weeks putting together an input which they will send to mike poser in and his team to be turned into a human rights report. the joy is that the chinese now have done a human rights report on the united states. so what's happened is that the professionalism of diplomatic reporting has become essentially part of the fabric of what we do and what other countries do as well. that's good news. >> i want to close our excellent sess
the issue for the professional foreign service and state department and foreign policy is essentially based on the professionalism that they have. those standards. and that basic standard is telling it as it is. and what's fortunate is that we have, thanks to the congress, thank you, we have a human rights report. we have a lot of reports these days, but we have the mother of the reports is the human rights reports. so in every embassy and every consulate in the world, there is an officer who...
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this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan. and under my presidency we will return to it once again. you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want, the america won for us by the greatest generation. does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? audience: no! are its schools lagging behind the rest of the developed world? audience: no! >> and does the america we want succumb to resentment and division? the america we all know has been a story of the many becoming one, uniting to preserve liberty, uniting to build the greatest economy in the world, uniting to save the world from unspeakable darkness. everywhere i go in america, there are monuments that list those who have given their lives for america. there is no mention of their race, their party affiliation, or what they did for a living. [applause] they lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single p
this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan. and under my presidency we will return to it once again. you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want, the america won for us by the greatest generation. does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? audience: no! are its schools lagging behind the rest of the...
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it's hard tore acknowledge that decades of foreign policy contributed to instability in the rise of militias ashed the world. it's hard to stop the war in iraq, the war in afghanistan, the war in yemen, the war in pakistan. it's hard tore recognize congress to stop st. drone attacks that are killing civilians. we want to stop the attacks on our emba sis, let's stop trying to overthrow governments. let's avoid the hype. let's look at the real situation here. interventions do not make us safer. they do not protect our nation. they are themselves a threat to america. now mr. kennedy. i would like to ask you is al qaeda more orless established in libya since our involvement? >> i will have to take that question for the record. i am not an intelligence expert. >> you don't have the intelligence you're saying. i'm going to go on to the next question. >> i think the other two may have an opinion also if you wanted to squ them. >> i wanted to ask ambassador kennedy. >> next question ambassador kennedy. how many shoulder to air missiles are capable of shooting down passenger airlines are mising in li
it's hard tore acknowledge that decades of foreign policy contributed to instability in the rise of militias ashed the world. it's hard to stop the war in iraq, the war in afghanistan, the war in yemen, the war in pakistan. it's hard tore recognize congress to stop st. drone attacks that are killing civilians. we want to stop the attacks on our emba sis, let's stop trying to overthrow governments. let's avoid the hype. let's look at the real situation here. interventions do not make us safer....
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a strong foreign policy. but is focused on economics. he is not drawing from the folks that are driven to politics because they're passionate about abortion or gay rights. >> you had that great piece, the difference in going to romney event or gingrich event. >> also florida where it was so vivid going to the events. could see the classification. going to romney event is like going to the president's suite at a college football game. you go in and the men might be wearing ties -- there wearing a nice -- they are wearing a nice button down shot. it is folks who are not tracking mud into the club. our people, as the saying goes. if you go to -- the newt event was jeans shorts, a fanny bag, homemade signs. when newt faded, the same thing carried on but it was santorum. it was the exact same divide. and went to a friday night knights of columbus of and for santorum -- event for santorum. they made an industry out of indicators in american politics. you can see the exit data. there was nuns in one corner and a family of 10 kids that were from
a strong foreign policy. but is focused on economics. he is not drawing from the folks that are driven to politics because they're passionate about abortion or gay rights. >> you had that great piece, the difference in going to romney event or gingrich event. >> also florida where it was so vivid going to the events. could see the classification. going to romney event is like going to the president's suite at a college football game. you go in and the men might be wearing ties --...
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policy so that we do not waste our resources. [applause] we are well on our way. we are well on our way. people ask me what i expect five years or 10 years ago. i had no idea. i always assumed the best i could do was set a record. i did not know you were out there. [applause] it is no longer that irate minorities stirring up the troops. now the irate minority, so tireless you have been, it is growing by leaps and bounds. it will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. and we will restore freedom to this country. thank you very much. thank you. [cheers] >> president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ron paul, coming in second in new hampshire yesterday, getting 23% of the vote. he hits the ground running in south carolina with a rally at the airport. jon huntsman, meanwhile, headed to south carolina. last night he told supporters in manchester that we have a trust deficit and no longer trust our elected officials. he spok
policy so that we do not waste our resources. [applause] we are well on our way. we are well on our way. people ask me what i expect five years or 10 years ago. i had no idea. i always assumed the best i could do was set a record. i did not know you were out there. [applause] it is no longer that irate minorities stirring up the troops. now the irate minority, so tireless you have been, it is growing by leaps and bounds. it will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. and we will restore freedom...
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then, foreign and domestic topics at hofstra university in new york, and then foreign policy that lynn university. "thekeefe is with washington post." eric. democrat. caller: i feel the congress is not going to change until the makeup changes. you have the senate, which is basically all white, male caucasians, growing up in a time where people were separate and unequal. if you had 10 blacks and 10 hispanics, they would have to work on immigration, unemployment, and it would not be polarized. you would have a diversified congress. the senate is what is stopping the progress. most of these people are elected by majority white people. president obama has a coalition. the republican mitt romney, what they're looking for, 75% of the hispanics voted, and 90% of blacks voted for obama. host: the diversity -- is there any chance you'll see more diversity? guest: if democrats have their say, you will see more women. that is something they are very much pushing for. you see female candidates in new york, california, missouri, nevada, north dakota -- there is real pressure. there is a record numb
then, foreign and domestic topics at hofstra university in new york, and then foreign policy that lynn university. "thekeefe is with washington post." eric. democrat. caller: i feel the congress is not going to change until the makeup changes. you have the senate, which is basically all white, male caucasians, growing up in a time where people were separate and unequal. if you had 10 blacks and 10 hispanics, they would have to work on immigration, unemployment, and it would not be...
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foreign policy issues. this happened when i was a diplomat in pakistan and the first time i met hussain haqqani. what happened in 1995 was he went to benazir bhutto with information about a potential beingl's coup that was plans in the army. benazir bhutto took that information and went straight to the chief of army staff. we could ask why the mons sort did not go to the chief of staff at this coup was being hatched -- why the monsour. it seems that he is involved in selling seeds -- sewing seeds of dissension. what are the u.s. options? one option is the cooling down scenario where each country takes a step back from the relationship and reassesses -- maybe the u.s. reduces aid and maybe pakistan pulls back in its cooperation. there is no strategic dialogue or any alliance as such but perhaps some cooperation on overlapping interest and not a complete cutoff of u.s. assistance. the only problem with this scenario is that pakistan is not cooling down. pakistan poses a threat to the region and beyond. extrem
foreign policy issues. this happened when i was a diplomat in pakistan and the first time i met hussain haqqani. what happened in 1995 was he went to benazir bhutto with information about a potential beingl's coup that was plans in the army. benazir bhutto took that information and went straight to the chief of army staff. we could ask why the mons sort did not go to the chief of staff at this coup was being hatched -- why the monsour. it seems that he is involved in selling seeds -- sewing...
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i haven't even talked about foreign policy i haven't talked about what the supreme court would look like after four years of the romney administration. i believe we are going to win. [applause] let me tell you why. i believe we are going to win because in the and, throughout our history, every presidential election has come down to one fundamental look as it relates to the candidates. who has the most character, the character of their convictions, and you have the vision -- who has the vision. on that score, i don't even think it is close. it's not close. i am absolutely convinced that the american people are seeing that. they are seeing my guy, our guy. a backbone like a ramrod. he does exactly what he says he is going to do. as the congressional delegation can tell you, i spent four-six hours a day with him every day with the exception of the last five weeks were we were both campaigning. he's on the road and i am. i have known eight presidents. once, and all the time i have been with this president, including our private meetings, in the difficult decisions he has made heard him ask m
i haven't even talked about foreign policy i haven't talked about what the supreme court would look like after four years of the romney administration. i believe we are going to win. [applause] let me tell you why. i believe we are going to win because in the and, throughout our history, every presidential election has come down to one fundamental look as it relates to the candidates. who has the most character, the character of their convictions, and you have the vision -- who has the vision....
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if you really believe less government and more pro-growth policies and stronger foreign policy is good for the country, i think eventually some of these old barriers will break down. host: portland, maine. caller: good morning. the general growth -- how do you think it will affect the grind or a romney-ryan ticket? and when they realize we are at war with al qaeda in syria. how the agenda and whether romney and ryan will be affected -- guest: people want a strong america. the best way to shape events in syria it is not to sit back and let al qaeda establish some connections against those fighting against assad. we get help to shape the government we get in syria and it will be a messy process. they deserve better than assad. in terms of defense spending, we're not an empire. the obama administration has entirely pulled out of iraq. it would ahve been better if we left 10,000-20,000 troops as we did in germany and -- korea and then in germany. defense spending is low, much lower than it was and we're in -- and make no apologies of being for a strong defense. it is a dangerous world. may
if you really believe less government and more pro-growth policies and stronger foreign policy is good for the country, i think eventually some of these old barriers will break down. host: portland, maine. caller: good morning. the general growth -- how do you think it will affect the grind or a romney-ryan ticket? and when they realize we are at war with al qaeda in syria. how the agenda and whether romney and ryan will be affected -- guest: people want a strong america. the best way to shape...
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he is equally at home with domestic and foreign policy, politics, and personalities. he is adept at spotting a trend and explaining it and his reporting frequently becomes the instantly accepted wisdom in washington. scott wilson writes for the serious reader. he consistently meets that readers' expectations. in every respect, the judges found his reporting on the presidency in 2011 outstanding. scott? [applause] >> thank you very much for this honor. particularly to the ford family and foundation, it is truly humbling and means so much to me and my family especially my kids who got out of school to be here. i can feel the pressure building for next year already. i began covering the white house three years ago. it was my first national summit and followed eight years of reporting from the post for overseas. we're witnessing describing and explaining where the hallmarks of foreign correspondents, chiselling the small cracks in the cement wall around this president to get a glimpse of who he is an awhile what he believes is a different challenge. it is one i would have
he is equally at home with domestic and foreign policy, politics, and personalities. he is adept at spotting a trend and explaining it and his reporting frequently becomes the instantly accepted wisdom in washington. scott wilson writes for the serious reader. he consistently meets that readers' expectations. in every respect, the judges found his reporting on the presidency in 2011 outstanding. scott? [applause] >> thank you very much for this honor. particularly to the ford family and...
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addiction to foreign oil, where are you, congressman on the overall hemispheric energy policy? where are you on crack and? where are you on energy where are you on energy is being a job growth factor. >> we need t look at how we can use our research in the most productive way possible. >> that is a man who is going to run for congress. [laughter] >> i am a big fan of the fact that the incentives for the energy companies come up with something like that, it radically shifted the geopolitical landscape. we have a real possibility of being far more independent than he middle east on our own energy needs. now, we are finding that we have the cheapest natural gas in the winter. all the things that go down to miss. i think, you know, we are getting way too contentious on the energy and issue at hand. that not only has great economic benefi, but from a geopolitical statur in the world, to have that economy is a huge change. one thing we have to watch out for is they need to preempt regulations that could stifle all this and act in a responsible way to say this is the way we are going
addiction to foreign oil, where are you, congressman on the overall hemispheric energy policy? where are you on crack and? where are you on energy where are you on energy is being a job growth factor. >> we need t look at how we can use our research in the most productive way possible. >> that is a man who is going to run for congress. [laughter] >> i am a big fan of the fact that the incentives for the energy companies come up with something like that, it radically shifted...
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he has shown a clear grasp of our foreign policy and national security challenges, and a firm commitment to repair our badly strained military. his family heritage and life experiences have given him a unique capacity to lead our increasingly diverse nation and to restore our leadership in an ever more interdependent world. the long, hard primary tested and strengthened him. and in his first presidential decision, the selection of a running mate, he hit it out of the park. with joe biden's experience and wisdom, supporting barack obama's proven understanding, insight, and good instincts, america will have the national security leadership we need. barack obama is ready to lead america and restore american leadership in the world. ready to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. barack obama is ready to be president of the united states. he will work for an america with more partners and fewer adversaries. he will rebuild our frayed alliances and revitalize the international institutions which help to share the costs of the world's problems and to leverage our
he has shown a clear grasp of our foreign policy and national security challenges, and a firm commitment to repair our badly strained military. his family heritage and life experiences have given him a unique capacity to lead our increasingly diverse nation and to restore our leadership in an ever more interdependent world. the long, hard primary tested and strengthened him. and in his first presidential decision, the selection of a running mate, he hit it out of the park. with joe biden's...
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policy objectives. however, we must have the capabilities to defend ourselves from potential iranian attacks here on the homeland. we must be able to clearly identify this emerging threat and cooperate strategies, strategies which include working with our neighbors in this hemisphere to prevent iran from being a danger tour country here at home. mr. speaker, that's why this bill, 3783, establishes a strong u.s. posture, policy, and relationship with latin american countries. it protects u.s. interests and assets in the western hemisphere such as embassies, consulates, businesses and cultural organizations, including threats to u.s. allies. it addresses the vital national security interests of the united states by ensuring that energy supplies from western hemisphere are free from the influence of any foreign government that would attempt to manipulate or disrupt global energy markets this bill requires a secure u.s. board we are the u.s. working in coordination with governments of mexico and canada to p
policy objectives. however, we must have the capabilities to defend ourselves from potential iranian attacks here on the homeland. we must be able to clearly identify this emerging threat and cooperate strategies, strategies which include working with our neighbors in this hemisphere to prevent iran from being a danger tour country here at home. mr. speaker, that's why this bill, 3783, establishes a strong u.s. posture, policy, and relationship with latin american countries. it protects u.s....
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it is a policy designed by china to force manufacturing to relocate to china and limit foreign competition. we have to keep doing that. we do it with a very capable and large bank of people and these things are done under u.s. law and requirements. >> thank you. >> the chair now recognizes mr. stern's for five minutes. >> i come from this differently than you. you talked about an energy plan. the energy plan i think you and the administration supports is based upon using solar panels, wind panels, thermal, solar- thermal devices and things like that. if we are talking about where the jobs are, if we use our natural resources in this country, fracking of gas, oil and shale, offshore drill an in,war and the keystone pipeline, it would create a plethora of new jobs. i think that is where we come from a different perspective. i have read recently that you support the reauthorization of the export/import bank? is that true? >> yes, it is true. >> when i looked at their annual report, they gave $10 million loan guarantee is so tolyndra and i found the due diligence of the export/import bank was
it is a policy designed by china to force manufacturing to relocate to china and limit foreign competition. we have to keep doing that. we do it with a very capable and large bank of people and these things are done under u.s. law and requirements. >> thank you. >> the chair now recognizes mr. stern's for five minutes. >> i come from this differently than you. you talked about an energy plan. the energy plan i think you and the administration supports is based upon using solar...
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it is the only feasible way to ensure we upgrade our dependence on the need of foreign sources of energy in the future. this is an active policy agenda in very much looks forward to highlighting. >> tomorrow night, or tomorrow is the sec filing deadline. can you tell us, any evidence -- how many events as they have attended backs and how it has gone? >> i do not have that. scott? what -- >> what is the activity and that he is calling on congress to pursue? >> we need congress to pursue the all of the above approach. whether that is increasing oil and gas production, increasing investments, sustaining investment in alternative energy. the need to highlight this, i think, a lot of people rightfully want to know what the strategy so this does not happen again and again or buy annually as it has been happening in the recent past. -- or biannually as it has been happening in the recent past. the president will make clear what we can do, what we are doing, and the steps that necessary to enhance our energy security in the future. >> thank you. governor romney says the economy is coming back, s
it is the only feasible way to ensure we upgrade our dependence on the need of foreign sources of energy in the future. this is an active policy agenda in very much looks forward to highlighting. >> tomorrow night, or tomorrow is the sec filing deadline. can you tell us, any evidence -- how many events as they have attended backs and how it has gone? >> i do not have that. scott? what -- >> what is the activity and that he is calling on congress to pursue? >> we need...